The best high school basketball programs from across the United States and Canada will descend on New York City for the first annual New Heights Holiday Hoop Festival on Dec. 18-19.
 
Teams from Illinois, Canada, Connecticut, Massachusetts, DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will square off in this unique eight-team holiday tournament to be held at the [...]

Don’t forget to check out the New Heights Coaches Academy on Saturday at Poly Prep Country Day School if you have a chance.
Check In and Registration Begins at 11am
12-1pm
Buzz Williams, Head Coach, Marquette University
Directed MU to a 25-10 overall record in 2009, including a
school-record 12 Big East victories
‘Man to Man Defense’
1-2pm
Bobby Gonzalez, Head Coach, Seton [...]

Ohio State commit Jared Sullinger led Team USA 2010 with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Americans downed Canada 85-83 Saturday in the adidas Nations title game in Dallas.
Josh Smith added 11 points and Jordan McRae and Justin Martin tallied 10 apiece.
Cory Joseph and Brady Heslip combined for 58 points for Canada, with Joseph [...]

The Summer In The City (SITC) event tips on Tuesday at St. John’s and some of the top 16U teams will be in action, including New Heights, Metro Hawks, the Panthers and Team Philly.

The 16U, 15U and 14U brackets run Tuesday and Wednesday and the 17U runs Thursday.
Speaking of New Heights, Jayvaughn Pinkston and company [...]

Ron Giplaye, a 6-6, 215-pound power forward from Notre Dame Prep, has verbally committed to Providence.
“Yeah, the reason I picked Providence is I like their system,” Giplaye said by phone. “I like the way they play up and down.”
Giplaye will join BABC teammate Gerard Coleman, who previously picked the Friars.
“I thought it would be good [...]

The July recruiting period begins this week and several high profile camps are taking place, including the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio;  the Reebok All-American Camp in Philly; and the Hoop Group Elite Camp  in in Reading, Pa.
The Nike folks don’t release the LeBron roster until Monday, but here are some of the [...]

The rosters for the Deron Williams and Vince Carter Nike Skills Academies are out. The camps are taking place June 23-26.
The Paul Pierce and Amare Stoudemire academies begin June 28 and the LeBron James Skills Academy runs July 5-8 in Akron, Ohio.
DERON WILLIAM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
11 Jamal Branch 6-3 163 75 ½ 2011 Atascocita/Humble, [...]

The prestigious NBAPA Top 100 Camp tips off today in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The event, put together by Dave Telep of Scout, includes most of the top players in the nation from the Class of 2010, including Harrison Barnes (pictured). The camp also features 39 additional rising seniors and 12 of the top players in the Class [...]

Three weeks after winning the Bob Gibbons U17 Tournament of Champions, Team Final added the Rumble in the Bronx championship to its resume.
The Pennsylvania-based AAU team beat Cali Supreme 73-58 on Sunday to win the U17 Gold bracket at Fordham University, according to Jeff Borzello of the NBE Report, who is all over this tournament.
St. [...]

The Rumble in the Bronx, one of the premier Grassroots events of the summer, tips off on Friday at Fordham and Manhattan Universities.
The event will feature many of the top teams and players in the nation, including Mike Gilchrist, Dion Waiters and Markus Kennedy of Bob Gibbons champion Team Final.
Also featured will be a New [...]